Presentation of Denis Frères

The Denis Frères company was founded by étienne Denis, a deep-sea captain from Bordeaux. After having sailed the seven seas, Denis bought the 227-ton clipper La Mouette, built to sail to the Far East in June 1862.
In November, the Établissements Denis Frères were formed in Saigon by his sons, who created a subsidiary called Compagnie Côtière de l'Annam.
At the end of French Indochina (1955), the company was repatriated to France. It was bought by Delmas-Vieljeux in the 1980s.

The Lamartine, a cargo and passenger liner, was built in Haarlem in 1953 for the Compagnie Côtière de l'Annam under the name of Ville de Saïgon. Repatriated to France in 1955 by Denis Frères and renamed, it was exploited by the
Messageries Maritimes. Sold to Chile, it was operated as the Osorro by the Empresa Marítima de l'Estado until scrapped in 1970.

Dominique Cureau, 25 July 2004

House flag of Denis Frères

The house flag of Denis Frères is red with a white cross and a blue diamond charged with the white letters "DF".